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Leaf-cutter ants put on quite a show. In established colonies, millions of 'workers' cut and carry sections of leaves larger than their own bodies as part of... continue reading

"Ants don’t eat leaves. They use them to grow white tufts of nutritious fungus to feed their offspring. Their success as farmers has made leafcutter ants into fungus tycoons, complete with their own... continue reading